Band Booster Family,
3 chaperones still needed at 1:45pm Friday, March 2, 2012 in the Band room for High School Symphonic Band Festival…please e-mail me! Here are the details for 2 & 3 Mar 2012, Band Festival:
High School Band Festival
Annandale High School, March 2-3, 2012
Symphonic Band Wind Ensemble
Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3
2:15pm Report to band room 10:45am Report to West Potomac HS
2:30pm Depart for Annandale High School
3:35pm Warm Up 11:20am Warm up
4:15pm Perform 12:00pm Perform
4:45pm Sight Read 12:30pm Sight Read
5:15pm Await ratings, return home 1:15pm Await ratings, Dismissed
6:30pm Return to Hayfield, Dismissed
Symphonic Band Students can be picked up from the event, but only by a family member.
Wind Ensemble Students are expected to find rides to and from the event.
Don't forget:
Black dress, tux, white shirt, bow tie, black shoes and socks, instrument, snack money, and ....
A Superior Attitude
- Student Accounts for Music Department Spring Break Trip: Because Tag Days (10 & 17 Sep 2011) were so successful and fewer students participated, each student was able to earn more toward their student account this year. Thank you to Rob Dowell, Treasurer for continuing to work out the details for student accounts. For your planning/budgeting purposes as you prepare to make the fifth & final Spring Break trip payment due March 1st, please use the following guidelines:
1. Students working the 1st Tag Day (the longer whole day), Sat, 10 Sep earned $70
2. Students working the 2nd Tag Day (the shorter day), Sat, 17 Sep earned $40
3. Students working both Tag Days earned $110
4. Parents that drove either/both Tag Days earned $25 maximum to their students’ account to offset cost of gas
5. Students fruit sales earned $5 per box sold
NOTE: Again, these are the general rules of thumb for this year, & actual student accounts are still being calculated. If you have any questions, please let me know.
- Prelude: Don’t forget the Band Concert 7pm, Tues, Feb 28 in the auditorium!
First of all, here is the current schedule to finish out the school year http://www.hayfieldbands.com/id1.html :
NOTE: Major events highlighted in RED with some words of explanation…
February 2012
Rehearsal schedule for this week:
25 All-State Band Auditions (at JMU)…only those invited from All-District…cheering for Reese Cloud
28 CONCERT 7pm, no night rehearsal this week
March 2012
2, 3 Band Festival (symph. and w.e.)
4 chaperones needed…please see details & e-mail me.
14 spring trip reh.6-8pm
21 spring trip reh.6-8pm
28 spring trip reh.6-8pm
April 2012
2-6 spring break
11 spring trip reh.6-8pm
14 Solo & Ensemble
12-14 all state band weekend (not at hayfield)
TBD/probably 17 Spring Trip Meeting 7pm…Mandatory for parents & chaperones
18-22 SPRING TRIP
May 2012
2,7,9,14,16,21,23, 30 Drum Major Clinics, Color Guard Clinics 2:15pm-3:20pm
10-12, 18, 19 High School Musical
7-22 Auditions for 2011-2012 bands, during class periods
17 Band Booster Meeting 7pm Band Room…discussions/decisions to finish out the year & prepare for the next school year
June 2012
6 Band Concert, 7:00pm…The Final Concert…another boutonnières making opportunity for seniors’ last concert and slideshow of senior pics x 3 (1 as a baby, 1 in the middle, and 1 near graduation)
7,8 Drum Major Auditions, during band classes
? Underclass Awards, 7:30am, Jazz Band
11 Tri-M Music Dept. Awards -pot luck dessert
14 Graduation, 4:30pm, Wind Ensemble…volunteers needed to serve lunch
18 Marching Band Clinic, 11:30am-1:30pm
Second, miscellaneous items:
- Fourth payment of $136 for February 1st for the Band Spring Trip, 18-22 Apr to Atlanta, GA…final payment due March 1st… http://www.hayfieldbands.com/id76.html
- The large composite picture of the Marching Band is now available for purchase through www.jeaneimages.com using password, “2011band” when prompted. Click on the link, and order pictures from this site. Thank you to Band Booster parent/alumni Jean Martelli for sharing her photographic talents!
- Parents of seniors, it’s not too early to be thinking about the 3 pictures (baby pic, kid pic, & senior pic) you want to use for the Final Concert, Wed, 6 Jun 2012
Finally, our students REALLY NEED YOU! As most teenagers, they will NEVER admit this. Your VOLUNTEERISM is ESSENTIAL to THEIR SUCCESS!!! Additionally, they really do APPRECIATE seeing you @ their various events cheering for them. I hope to see ALL the parents volunteering @ various events throughout the year: ) If there is ANYTHING I can do or answer, please let me know. Please keep the following links for future reference:
- Hayfield Secondary School http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/
- Hayfield Band webpage http://www.hayfieldbands.com/
- Band Booster Blog http://www.hayfieldbandboosters.blogspot.com/
- Band Booster Sign-Up Genius http://signupgenius.com/go/hssband1
Humbly serving our kids,
Che Russell
Home (703) 405-9065
Cell (703) 963-4655
Work (202) 231-6273
Crussell82@cox.net
